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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1934
Page
4
The text reports that more than 1,100,000 corn hog contracts have been signed in the control program. It also notes that Uncle Joe Cannon served as speaker of the U S House of Representatives before retiring from politics. Mount Blow-Me-Down is located in Labrador.
New Jersey officials stage roadside white crosses at accident sites to curb reckless driving, echoing Ohio’s prior cross memorials. The campaign aims for sobering reminders amid rising traffic deaths. The piece also discusses Glenn Frank in New Outlook on August, and Doane’s debate over surplus versus economy of plenty, urging continued effort to expand productive capacity and meet unmet needs.
Katharine Haviland Taylor presents Spite Marriage where Bob Powers works in Mexico while Marsha tends his ailing mother in New York. Once close to divorce, their love is strained by a misunderstanding as February brings a cascade of illness, nurses, and a frail aunt-like bond with Mrs Powers.
A British medical note describes a man with long stomach pain who belched as he lit a cigarette. the gas in his stomach and the air in his mouth created an explosion, burning his mustache. He had ulcers and stomach obstruction explaining the reaction. In a separate fiction excerpt, Marsha and Geoffrey Tarleton confront past entanglements during a New York visit, with lingering tensions and a moment of emotional strain.
Edward Todd gold miner received a silver medal and heroism certificate from the James A. Holmes Safety Association for his rescue of Charles Haddin after falling 80 feet into a shaft. Todd swam for about 30 minutes with the limp body while Haddin, who died from a broken neck, was kept afloat in icy water at the shaft bottom.
New York diary by O O McIntyre covers Broadway fashions, celebrity sightings including Gary Cooper and Frances Langford, plus street moochers facing rebuffs. The piece notes urban beggars, changing clowns pay, and social observations on slang and writers rooms, ending with a 1934 copyright note.
In a tale from Thornton W Burgess Reddy Fox seethes with chagrin after Wiggle Nose escapes. He blames luck and hatches a plan to outsmart the young rabbit, hiding near the rabbit’s stump entrance to pounce when he reemerges. Reddy’s pride drives a clever but risky pursuit.
A playful puzzle tale mixes a word building game with a cat and mouse chase. Wiggl nose scouts a rabbit burrow while Reddy Fox hides nearby, as Burgess style narration unfolds with evolving clues and a nod to cross continental animal names.
Potter County rural teachers meet at 10 AM in county superintendent Miss Laura V Hamner s office to plan the year and school openings on Monday September 3. Sea lions require exact training age. capture too early leads to death in captivity, after six months makes training difficult.
A challenging crossword style item lists across and down clues referencing an actor and related terms. It includes numbered entries such as 1 across 8, 12 bugle plant, 13 walked, 15 to court, 16 above, 17 center of an amphitheater, 18 god of love, 20 noncon formist, 21 to disagree, 24 Spain, 25 knock, 27 thespian, 31 he works in, 33 governor of Algiers, 34 composition for nine instruments, 87 second note, 38 to puzzle, 43 antiseptic powders, 47 elm, 48 edible fungus, 50 to redact and many vertical clues including to dwell, to affirm, uncommon, and others, with additional entries such as dove's cry, 2006 pounds, poem, very small domestic fowl, and more.
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